SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 25Amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006

PART 6Amendments to Part 9: sentencing: principles and procedures

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In section 238 (deciding the seriousness of an offence), at the end insert—

6

In section 69 of the Sentencing Code (seriousness of offence with terrorist connection)—

a

the references to a court are to be read as including a court dealing with an offender for an offence under section 42, and

b

the reference in subsection (1) to an offence specified in Schedule 1 to that Code is to be read as a reference to an offence under section 42 as respects which the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is an offence specified in Schedule 1.